The grumpy thread

[Spiny Norman]

On 26/10/2024 at 21:15, Spiny Norman said:

When I got my 2001 CRV I went and checked to see whether or not it was exempt from Glasgow's ULEZ zone and was quite surprised to see that it was.

Checked it again the other day and now presumably because I've put a private plate on it, it's coming up as not allowed.
Not that I'm ever in the ULEZ zone but since they're doing major fuckage with both the M8 and M73 motorways just now it's quite possible that I may have to divert through the city centre coming back from my mate's place in the east end.

Turning a grump into a grin.

Fired off an email last week and behold, just received this response.

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

The aging Sevel Nord van failed its MOT, booo hisss !!

Only on two lower balljoint gaiters disintegrated  and headlight aim. Yay !!

Havent got time to do it myself at the moment, boo hiss again !!   (so have fetched it back and rebooked in with the garage for next friday for them to just bung on two new lower arms complete as balljoints not available seperately for them and at least the other bushes are all changed then as well)

Boss at the garage said how these were good vans and nice to see one still being used at 226k and counting, they are a great bunch of lads and its a real shite-ers garage, yay !!

The ball joints being non detachable is one of their few weaknesses, as the arms are forged and were always quite expensive, and the joints themselves looked smaller than you'd like considering the vehicle's size.

 

[Pieman]

7 hours ago, Merryck said:

I was talking about this yesterday. When Americans find out you're English they always ask "Oh! Have you met Prince Harry?". I was in France skiing in the Alps and got chatting to some Americans. One of them goes "Oh! You're English? Do you know..." and in my mind I'm like "Oh yeah, of course, me and the Queen we go way fucking back."

Then gives me the very unique name of my best friend. Same person, she'd met him the year before. 

I'm now always tempted to ask other people if they know someone I know from their country just on the off chance, but I can't quite bring myself to be that person.

I'm surprised they didn't ask which side you were voting for, seeing as Americans are almost totally incapable of talking about anything else, ever.

[Remspoor]

First a grin. Purchased a second had desk top.

A Dell Optiplex 3020 with Intel Core i3 and 8gb of ram. For 108€ including sending.

The grump is I now have to transfer files and programmes. . Turning off various windows settings too. Boy I hate this bit.

The old PC kept shutting down at random times.

[beko1987]

8 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

First a grin. Purchased a second had desk top.

A Dell Optiplex 3020 with Intel Core i3 and 8gb of ram. For 108€ including sending.

The grump is I now have to transfer files and programmes. . Turning off various windows settings too. Boy I hate this bit.

The old PC kept shutting down at random times.

Starting with a clean, fresh, debloated windows install is one of my favourite things about new pc/new hard drive time 😂

Chris Titus Tech has a nice powershell script that runs a de bloat tool, works well! There's a program to nuke all the random shitty apps Windows comes with too somewhere. 

[vulgalour]

Onions had gone bad, so no bother hop in the car to get more.  Headlight switch being a bit dicky but then was fine, set off... headlight switch totally failed.  It's great trying to figure out what you're doing in the dark.  Had the spare headlight switch in the car with me, it refused to work at all.  Limp home with the hazards on in the dark avoiding trick-or-treaters and dismantle both switches in the kitchen to find the dodgy one had some melted plastic bits inside, and the spare was basically green where it should be copper.

To be on the safe side, unplugged one pair of headlights and decided not to use main beam and went on the onion mission.  Not a great selection, for some reason there were barely any... and it was at that moment I decided sod it and got a pizza instead.

I guess my job this weekend is figuring out how to install the relayed headlight wiring loom I've got and haven't been able to because I've been ill.  Old cars, the gift that keeps on giving.

[GeorgeB]

6 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Why the heck have E27 lamp holders apparently become an endangered species?

Because they are shit?

[ETCHY]

Piles.

My fucking arse grapes are driving  me mental 

[reb]

My fucking broadband has been down for 48 hours. EE are still claiming it will be fixed by 8:30am today. Cnuts.

In some ways it's quite good, because I managed to work for 6 hours straight yesterday without getting distracted by Internet weirdos.

On the other hand, I now can't submit the work.

And this morning I'm sitting in the car with 0 bars of 4g trying to submit my earnings to the DWP but the mobile version of my accounting software is shit and I can't get it to show me the numbers I need.

 

Bollocks.

[beko1987]

30 minutes ago, reb said:

My fucking broadband has been down for 48 hours. EE are still claiming it will be fixed by 8:30am today. Cnuts.

In some ways it's quite good, because I managed to work for 6 hours straight yesterday without getting distracted by Internet weirdos.

On the other hand, I now can't submit the work.

And this morning I'm sitting in the car with 0 bars of 4g trying to submit my earnings to the DWP but the mobile version of my accounting software is shit and I can't get it to show me the numbers I need.

 

Bollocks.

Can you pretend to be a hipster wanker temporarily and find a coffee shop with WiFi? Make a cheap coffee last an hour and work from there? 

If you can park close enough (and your laptop has the battery to cope) you might not even have to go inside

[myglaren]

Morrisons has free wifi in their cafés.

[reb]

15 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Can you pretend to be a hipster wanker temporarily and find a coffee shop with WiFi? Make a cheap coffee last an hour and work from there? 

If you can park close enough (and your laptop has the battery to cope) you might not even have to go inside

"Cheap coffee" and "somewhere to sit" don't go together around here alas.

If it's still off after lunch I'll probably go round to my brother's to do the accounting. Bollocks to working there though, he keeps his flat about the temperature of the sun!

[reb]

28 minutes ago, reb said:

"Cheap coffee" and "somewhere to sit" don't go together around here alas.

If it's still off after lunch I'll probably go round to my brother's to do the accounting. Bollocks to working there though, he keeps his flat about the temperature of the sun!

Update: I was able to hotspot off of my neighbours phone to get the accounting stuff done, so I do not in fact need to go anywhere!

[Remspoor]

23 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Starting with a clean, fresh, debloated windows install is one of my favourite things about new pc/new hard drive time 😂

Chris Titus Tech has a nice powershell script that runs a de bloat tool, works well! There's a program to nuke all the random shitty apps Windows comes with too somewhere. 

I tried to use that but I get a The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel message. tried to look for a solution. However, understanding how to solve the issue is beyond my brain cell.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

I tried to use that but I get a The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel message. tried to look for a solution. However, understanding how to solve the issue is beyond my brain cell.

Mmm. I've never had it not work, but then it's always step 2 after I install a fresh windows 11.

Did you right click powers hell and run as admin? Can't remember if I did that or not, otherwise my network is whatever it was out the box mostly and I've done it at my dad's and granny's before (she shit herself when the script came up in ascii on her new* £35 dell aio I got her last year😂) 

[IronStar]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I tried to use that but I get a The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel message. tried to look for a solution. However, understanding how to solve the issue is beyond my brain cell.

Is time/date set properly?

[hairnet]

warwickshire

what the fuck

morning went ok

had to get from cov to measham - and google said into brum then back out - its only 20 miles to road it - hour and half on public transport ffs

fuck that on the friday afternoon

the other option was rugby to atherstone then bus to measham which was feet from it

looking at the map while moving and wondered why the option has changed from keep going to tamworth and bus from there

got off and got to bus stop and unlike everywhere ive got a bus - theres no numbers so no idea if it stops but maps says yes

another bus turned up and i ask can i get to meash from here

she said no - the bus stops at 1400

actual the fuck?!!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

on a weekend or out in the sticks but here?????

went back to the station rang and asked what time place closed - 4.30 - by this time its 1525 the train to tam is 1603 and bus to meash is 1622 and gets there at 1710

so thats that fucked

work said how much uber - i said 8 quid they said ok

hope i dont do that again - bonus was back here from there 2.5 hours not using m6 and a50 ftw - 2 hours if had allegedly (on a friday yeah right )

cov buses have the oblong tin on the drivers door ftw good job i had change do they do contactless? - just like west lothian buses lmao

[maxxo]

First slight grump of the new house 

the thermocouple had failed on the boiler and caused the pilot light to keep going out

replaced it myself with a cheap part from toolstation and normal service is resumed

didnt see the point of hassling landlords etc, piece of piss to change

[Remspoor]

12 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Mmm. I've never had it not work, but then it's always step 2 after I install a fresh windows 11.

Did you right click powers hell and run as admin? Can't remember if I did that or not, otherwise my network is whatever it was out the box mostly and I've done it at my dad's and granny's before (she shit herself when the script came up in ascii on her new* £35 dell aio I got her last year😂) 

Yes run as instructed.

12 hours ago, IronStar said:

Is time/date set properly?

Yes

[Westbay]

14 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I tried to use that but I get a The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel message. tried to look for a solution. However, understanding how to solve the issue is beyond my brain cell.

 

Have a read , might help  🤞

https://kodekloud.com/blog/how-to-fix-could-not-create-ssl-tls-secure-channel/

[maxxo]

Massive grump incoming

i hired a man with a van to help me move a three piece suite 

I told him multiple times it was in a top floor flat of a 3 storey building but I will help him bring it down

he arrived, late of course

said no way is he carrying that down, I said I’d told him about the stairs etc and he just said “oh well”

he then said if I gave him £200 he’ll do it, like fuck am I doing that, I don’t even have £200 to my name at the minute

i might have told him to piss off in the end

no idea what to do now, other than maybe just leave it and get another

[IronStar]

1 minute ago, maxxo said:

Massive grump incoming

i hired a man with a van to help me move a three piece suite 

I told him multiple times it was in a top floor flat of a 3 storey building but I will help him bring it down

he arrived, late of course

said no way is he carrying that down, I said I’d told him about the stairs etc and he just said “oh well”

he then said if I gave him £200 he’ll do it, like fuck am I doing that, I don’t even have £200 to my name at the minute

i might have told him to piss off in the end

no idea what to do now, other than maybe just leave it and get another

Find another man in a van who’s not a cunt?

[Remspoor]

4 hours ago, Westbay said:

 

Have a read , might help  🤞

https://kodekloud.com/blog/how-to-fix-could-not-create-ssl-tls-secure-channel/

Thanks. It is almost the same at every bit of information i have previously found. I am still lost.

[andyberg]

This is probably an old picture but it just popped up on my faceache feed. I never considered a Capri to be a smoll car but I am just flabbergasted at this….

[alcyonecorporation]

A similar sort of thing. 

I get the difference in height but in breadth and length an SVX was a still is a large 2+2. 

[Boycie]

1 hour ago, andyberg said:

This is probably an old picture but it just popped up on my faceache feed. I never considered a Capri to be a smoll car but I am just flabbergasted at this….

Bonkers , I reckon by 2060 the economical roundabout will be akin in size to Thunderbird 2 ...

[comfortablynumb]

No pics, but I parked my MK3 escort cabrio next to its focus equivalent a while ago, and got absolutely dwarfed.

Stupid how big cars are these days. No wonder people don't use their garages for cars anymore, they don't fit.

[myglaren]

I don't consider my Mazda 6 as particularly large, it is usually dwarfed by the other cars in car parks, but although it would in theory fit in my son's garage, there would be no way to exit it.

[New POD]

21 hours ago, maxxo said:

First slight grump of the new house 

the thermocouple had failed on the boiler and caused the pilot light to keep going out

replaced it myself with a cheap part from toolstation and normal service is resumed

didnt see the point of hassling landlords etc, piece of piss to change

If the heating failed on the first day of a tenancy, I as a landlord would be mortified and return the first weeks rent without being asked.  

[barefoot]

I'd give him double

And a crate of ale